What's New

Chinese-language Resources for Funders Now Available
1/16/13

Thanks to a partnership with the China Foundation Center, 31 GrantCraft guides have been translated into Chinese. These translations improve the practice of philanthropy by making the practical wisdom of funders accessible to peers around the globe.

- Read the press release
- Read commentary at Field Notes blog
- Download guides at GrantCraft
Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013
1/7/13

Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013, written by leading philanthropy scholar Lucy Bernholz, predicts big data-related shifts this year for donors and "doers." The Blueprint — a GrantCraft publication — provides more than a dozen examples of foundations embracing data and predicts data will be transformative for philanthropy in the future, in terms of both practice and policy.

- Read the press release
- Read commentary at Field Notes and PhilanTopic
- Download Philanthropy and the Social Economy:
  Blueprint 2013 Free
Foundation Center Aligns With World Bank Institute, Endorses Open Aid Partnership
11/14/12
World Bank

The Foundation Center has endorsed the World Bank Institute's Open Aid Partnership and its efforts to improve the openness and effectiveness of development assistance worldwide. The Center will contribute data and analysis on global philanthropy in this effort to produce a collaborative map to help improve coordination, efficiency, transparency, and accountability of development assistance.

- Read the press release